Torrent
WordNet
noun
(1) A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
"The houses were swept away in the torrent"
(2) A heavy rain
(3) An overwhelming number or amount
"A flood of requests"
"A torrent of abuse"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A large amount of something, especially water or rain; a heavy stream or flow.
- Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
- They endured a torrent of inquiries.
- A TORRENT of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.
Etymology 2
From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (
.torrent).Noun
- A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.
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